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A short footnote to our discussions re service cultures: just flew back to Eze after a couple of months in Europe. Due to land 09.15 am but we ran into a storm cloud so pilot aborted landing and re climbed steeply (first time I have seen this in Argentina) and we approached from another...

And milongueras too are people or are we all amilongueros?

Lots of interesting views here: I have found a huge variety in service, though agree that shop service in BA can be very patchy where not downright poor. There was something of a service revolution in attitudes in Europe in the 1980s, eg when auto industry realised that unless they improved...

You are quite correct but the US was the main bartender and offered more drink to a staggering Macri, in the hope it would save him from falling down. The conservative-liberal government was given loans far more readily than the present government, who are already being told who to have as...

An excellent summary of one way in which the word is used. As much or more a kind of cultural appreciation than a technique.

Thankyou. I hear the term "milonguero" so much that it seems to be used in different ways. Someone said that a teacher will teach them "milonguero" style, which seemed to be more specific than "someone who is more interested in the embraced partner and the feeling between them than any...

Is mionguero same as milonguero? This word has been used a couple of times so just checking what experienced people here mean: you mean the compact, baldosa (small space), close embrace, maybe slightly off-axis, style developed in the 1980s as a reaction against 'show' or 'stylised salon' or...

The most successful dance school is DNI on Bulnes and Lavalle, though its geared to younger dancers. El Beso is good. In your (tango) shoes I would seriously consider a few private or individual lessons to get going though don't pay more than $25 USD an hour - very cheap by US prices. Some...

Bravo!!!!

Yes an elected government has the power to tax. Yes government tax revenues generally go up with increased taxes despite increased evasion. If evasion was not possible would that make the tax justified? No government in the world ever has absolute power.

You said you wanted an alternative to scepticism-passivity of the kind that has been denying climate change for many years and you 'got it', so I will try and elucidate: corporations and governments can be remarkably susceptible to the power of public and consumer opinion, hence the sacking of...

The only real solution I can see is agreement among major governments not to allow themselves to be divided by corporations which often have greater income than many smaller countries and can get what they want most of the time. These companies make a lot of money from the markets of the major...

I am not sure that something which is not illegal must be morally just: but more importantly, we are talking about inter-national and bi-lateral issues. It was not strictly illegal that the USA has invaded several countries (as did the USSR and numerous Africa countries), and it was perfectly...

Interesting. How would it apply to Trump populism or Putin populism? Are people irretrievably lost once they buy into (say) Reaganism, or can people change their minds?

This is an excellent contribution in my view: just shouting at each other across ideological barricades and each claiming to be utterly the only sane way to address the world doesn't usually work, then people resort to force. The only thing I can add to what you say is that a historical...

Good points and sane advice though I think resistance can be understood as part of a wider cultural change. Forty years ago New York had become simply an awful plan to live in or travel to safely. Muggings and serious assaults - people bashed and then handbags stolen or wallets taken. People...

Agree on advice and agree in most cases sensible. I was furious with my attackers not because of a chain but because they were willing to choke me to get it until I fought back. I was trying to say you cannot rely on the robbers and assailants to be rational, reasonable and consistent: they may...

I wonder if you also noted that the gang was discovered when a biker courageously interrupted another motochorro robbery and then passers by as I understand held him while the police were called. Each and every one of these could have been shot or knifed but their intervention led to rapid...